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Iran, USA Brace for Long War (opens the original)
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Iran and the US are digging in for a protracted war, with little sign of a near-term ceasefire or return to normal Middle East energy flows even if hostilities remain at a low intensity. Tehran’s leaders are resolved to keep fighting despite mounting economic costs as they see the conflict as an existential threat, Bloomberg reported, citing a senior Iranian official. The country has been able to rebuild its missile capabilities and will escalate strikes on US and Gulf assets if Washington inten
Iran Announces Gas Discovery (opens the original)
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Iran said it discovered more than 7.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, after months of war with the US and Israel seriously disrupted its energy sector. Around 5.7tcf of the find in the country’s southern Fars province is recoverable, Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad told state TV on Sunday. He described it as equivalent to 15 years of production from one phase of the world’s biggest gas field, South Pars, which Iran shares with Qatar. The discovery also includes gas condensates worth “tens of bi
Iran President Urges End to War while Refusing to Call Defeat (opens the original)
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Iran's president urged an end to the war with the US, in his latest pushback against hardliners who want to continue the conflict. "It would be better to end the war today, when we have power and dignity, and with the whole world acknowledging our victory," Masoud Pezeshkian said, according to the semi-official Iranian Students' News Agency. Pezeshkian is Iran's top elected leader, but his responsibilities are mostly limited to domestic economic policy. Oil prices dipped from session highs on Fr
Iran Boosts Military Posturing as Talks Hit Deadlock (opens the original)
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Iran has reorganized its military to be more aggressive abroad as talks on ending the war with the US remain mired in stalemate, a sign that Tehran is preparing for a protracted era of regional conflict. A raft of top military appointments by Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei marks a shift to an "offensive doctrine," Mohammad Reza Naqdi, a general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who advises the force's new commander, said in an interview on state TV late Tuesday. "Whenever the conditions
Trump Hints at Sustained Economic Pressure on Iran (opens the original)
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(Update) August 10, 2026, 2:55 PM GMT: Article updated with comment from Iran's foreign ministry in the fourth paragraph. US President Donald Trump signaled he's prepared to let economic pressure on Iran build rather than launch fresh military strikes to force a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, even as the Islamic Republic reiterated that the conditions still aren't in place to allow free passage through the key waterway. "We are just watching Iran with its huge inflation and the fact they hav
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